13th–14th centuries
Definitive expulsion from the kingdom
17 septembre 1394·France
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ordinance of Charles VI, executed on November 3
Charles VI signed the ordinance expelling the Jews from the kingdom of France. It was carried out a few weeks later, at All Saints' Day, and was never revoked.
The pretext was a convert who had returned to Judaism, and the help his former co-religionists were said to have given him. The underlying cause was the same as in 1306: debts recovered by the Treasury, property sold off, royal protection become too costly to defend against the towns.
Outside the kingdom remained Provence, the Comtat Venaissin — pontifical territory, where the communities of Avignon, Carpentras, Cavaillon and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue would endure until the Revolution — and Alsace and Lorraine, then part of the Empire. It is through these margins that Judaism would return to France, four centuries later.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Expulsion
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
*Chronique du Religieux de Saint-Denis* ; ordonnance du 17 septembre 1394.